The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-01-28
what Makes a True Girl.

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We must not merely understand by a
true girl one who is trdthfnl, but one
who endeavcys, under whatever cir
cumstances she may be placed, to do
her duty. There is no happiness in
this life without duty. A sense of du-
ty always pursues US; it is omnipres-
snt, like the deity.
The chief characteristic of q girl
should be truth. "Of all the duties,
the love OF truth, with faith and rom
stancy in it, ranks first and highest.
Truth is God. To love God and to
love truth are one and the same. It
is this quality more than any other
that commands the esteem and re-
spect and secures the confidence OF
others.
To the true girl in all her relations,
as daughter, sister, friend, in all her
actions, in all her words, faithfulness
will be the first consideration. Faith
is the root of all good works, and it is
a fruitful parent of all other graces.
"Her word must be her bond through
lite" A true girl will not make a
promise and break it, nor say one
thing and mean another. but will be
true i'm word and deed. A broken
promise is an untruth told. The ex-
cellent advice given by Polonius to
Laertes in "Hamlet" may well be fol-
lowed out by girls:
This above ALTO thine one self be true:
And st M mat fnllnw nc tha mint tho hau
Thou canst not then be false TO any man.
The next attributes which hold a
place in the character of q girl are
patience and gentleness-necessary
qualities in every girls life. Patience
aids us in extinguishing envy, over
coming anger, and crushing pride.
How much good may be done and Joy
brought by a gentle word or lookl
Truly, ga soft answer turneth away
wrath" Girls are not called upon to
do great things, except in are instan-
ces, but the everyday trials OF life in
the ordinary and appointed exercise
of the Christian graces afford ample
scope for the practice of that virtue
of mankind which has become proven
bal. The best exercises of patience
and self-denial, and the better because
not chosen by ourselves, are those in
which we have to bear with the fail
ings of those about us; to endure neg
lect when we feel that we deserved at
tention, and ingratitude when we ex-
pected thanks;to bear withdisappoint-
ments in our expectations, with in
terruptions in our retirement, with
folly, intrusion, disturbance-in short
whatever opposes our will, contra
diets our humor.
Earnestness ranks next to holding
a high place in a girls character, for
do not e~arnestness and simplicity car
ry all before them? Charles Dickens
tells us that there is no substitute for
ACKNOWLEDGING, ardent, and sincere
earnestness. Let us bear this In mind,
and whatever we have to accomplish,
earnestness goes the Roman virtue
perseverance, which has perhaps
been the radical principle OF every
truly great character. Perseverance,
working in the right direction, grows
with time, and when steadily ~practic-
ed, even by the most humble, will
rarely fail of it's reward. Trusting in
the help of others is of comparatively
little use. The grandest inventions
have been completed by the diligent
pursuit OF perseverance. The great
success of this virtue is Q in the
proverb IA falling drop at last will
cave a stone"
We are told by q great author that
he considers a beautiful form better
than a beautiful face, and q beautiful
behavior better than beautiful form.
To have true beauty O. girl must have
q tender regard for the old andyoung,
for the poor and suffering;@mus be
sensible and pure in her thonghts,
chaste In her conversation, sympa-
thetic to those in adversely, and have
IN affable and even disposition; and,
above all, humbleness OF soul.
The true girl is not complete with
out the blessing of the gift of industry.
Girls instilled with habits of industry
are more safely provided for than if
they had a fortune given them, for
there is no art or science too difficult
for industry to attain.
"Sloth maketh all things difficult,
but industry all things easy" Indus
try qualities us in all our various
classes for the highest and lowest en-
Payments; it inspires US with fresh
vigor in the performance of social
and religious duties and it gives a
wider scope for the display Of our
talents. The habit of constant useful
occupation is as essential for the hap
piness and we'll being of woman as of
man. The happiness of the body lies
in health, that OF the mind in knowl-
edge. Without occupation women
are apt to sink into a state OF listless
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